A trio of old-school bunraku puppet robots revived nearly 40 years after they were unveiled at the 1970 World Expo in Osaka are temporarily on display at the National Science Museum in Tokyo. Modeled after classic bunraku puppets, each pre-programmed robot is driven by around 20 pneumatic cylinders that move the arms, torso, head and face in sync with accompanying audio.

dora dreyer

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Hannah

That was so awesome but so creepy. How do you do the thing with the face? I have to do a project in drama and I have to make a puppet. I think I want to make a bunraku because these puppets are intense.